Todd Widom
CountryUnited States
Birth date24 April 1983 (age 43)
Birth placeCoral Springs, Florida, U.S.
CollegeUniversity of Miami
PlaysRight-handed
Careerprizemoney$239,052
Singlestitles0
Singlesrecord5–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
HighestsinglesrankingNo. 200 (7 August 2006)
AustralianopenresultQ3 (2006)
FrenchopenresultQ1 (2009)
WimbledonresultQ1 (2006, 2008, 2009)
UsopenresultQ2 (2006, 2008)
Doublesrecord2–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Doublestitles0
HighestdoublesrankingNo. 162 (4 May 2009)
Updated8 June 2021

Todd Widom (born April 24, 1983, in Coral Springs, Florida) is a retired American professional tennis player.

Biography

Widom grew up in Coral Springs, Florida. He is the son of Eloise Widom and has one brother, Gary. He is married to Beth Eisenberg also of Coral Springs. He coaches professional, college, and junior tennis players at his academy called TW Tennis, located in Coral Springs.[1] He is an avid sports fan and in his spare time enjoys golf and fishing.

Career

Widom attended and played at the University of Miami from 2001 to 2003. During this time, he was recognized as "Most Outstanding Player" at the Big East tournament and was named to the USA Tennis Collegiate Team.

In doubles, he and the American Scott Lipsky won an ATP Challenger tournament in Busan, Korea, in May 2006.[2] Widom reached a career high singles ranking of 200 in July 2006 and a doubles ranking of 162 in April 2009.

Within the span of three years, Widom was diagnoses with eye cancer, two knee injuries, and elbow inflammation in his elbow, but recovered and continues to play and travel across the world regularly.

Playing mainly challenger tournaments, Widom achieved his career breakthrough when he won three matches in 2009 to qualify for the SAP Open in San Jose, and went on to beat 44th ranked Robby Ginepri, former 21st ranked Taylor Dent, and lost in three sets to the 21st ranked Radek Štěpánek. The following month, Widom went back to California and qualified for the ATP Masters 1000 at Indian Wells. He started by beating Iván Navarro in straight sets and eventually lost to 12th ranked David Ferrer.

This turn of events prompted ESPN to report that "a red-headed, blue-eyed journeyman from Coral Springs, Florida, made the largest leap of any player on the ultimate tennis ladder. After a series of outrageous misfortunes, Todd Widom did something extraordinary: He reached the quarterfinals of the SAP Open in San Jose."[3]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (3–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jul 2003USA F21, JoplinFuturesHardJay Gooding6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win2–0Nov 2003USA F31, HonoluluFuturesHardLamine Ouahab3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss2–1Nov 2003USA F32, WaikoloaFuturesHardPaul Logtens7–6(7–2), 3–6, 4–6
Loss2–2Jan 2004USA F1, TampaFuturesHardBrian Baker3–6, 4–6
Loss2–3Jul 2004Canada F5, OntarioFuturesHardTakahiro Terachi4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win3–3Apr 2005USA F8, MobileFuturesHardWayne Odesnik4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss3–4Dec 2005Orlando, United StatesChallengerHardMichael Russell4–6, 2–6
Loss3–5Nov 2007Caloundra, AustraliaChallengerHardJoseph Sirianni6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 12 (3–9)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–4)
ITF Futures (0–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 2003USA F19, PeoriaFuturesClayScott LipskyEduardo Bohrer
Márcio Carlsson		6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss0–2Nov 2003USA F31, HonoluluFuturesHardScott LipskyTrace Fielding
Keith From		5–7, 7–6(9–7), 1–6
Loss0–3Nov 2003USA F32, WaikoloaFuturesHardScott LipskyTrace Fielding
Keith From		walkover
Loss0–4Jul 2004Canada F5, OntarioFuturesHardDavid MartinMatt Klinger
Daniel Wendler		walkover
Loss0–5Oct 2004USA F29, ArlingtonFuturesHardScott LipskyTi Chen
Go Soeda		5–7, 2–6
Win1–5Jan 2006Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHardAlex Bogomolov Jr.Lars Burgsmüller
Denis Gremelmayr		3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win2–5Jul 2006Busan, South KoreaChallengerHardScott LipskyCecil Mamiit
Robert Kendrick		6–3, 6–7(2–7), [10–7]
Loss2–6Jul 2006Aptos, United StatesChallengerHardRajeev RamPrakash Amritraj
Rohan Bopanna		6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss2–7May 2008Tunica Resorts, United StatesChallengerClayRyler DeheartVladimir Obradović
Izak van der Merwe		6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss2–8May 2008Bradenton, United StatesChallengerClayRyler DeheartCarsten Ball
Lester Cook		6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Win3–8Jul 2008Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHardMichael YaniTi Chen
José Statham		6–2, 6–2
Loss3–9Jul 2008Aptos, United StatesChallengerHardMichael YaniNoam Okun
Amir Weintraub		2–6, 1–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament]20032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAQ3AAAQ10 / 00–0
French OpenAAAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0
WimbledonAAAQ1AQ1Q1A0 / 00–0
US OpenQ1Q1AQ2AQ2Q1A0 / 00–0
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells MastersAAAQ1AA2RA0 / 11–1
Cincinnati MastersAAAAAQ2AA0 / 00–0
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–01–10–00 / 11–1

References

  1. ^ "Tennis Lessons, Tennis Training and Tennis Coaching in Coral Springs and Parkland". Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  2. ^ "Tennis Players – Scott Lipsky". ATP World Tour. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  3. ^ "Widom delighted after years of despair.". ESPN. February 20, 2009. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2009.